poppycock

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
26
Words With Friends
30
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/ˈpɒpikɒk/
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/ˈpɒpikɒk/ · /ˈpɑpiˌkɑk/

Definition of poppycock

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (colloquial, uncountable, usually)foolish talk; nonsense.
    “That rumor is nothing but sheer poppycock.”
    “He dismissed the conspiracy theory as poppycock.”
    “Don’t talk such poppycock—you know it’s not true.”

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Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch pappekak, from Middle Dutch pappe (“soft food”) + kak (“dung, excrement”).

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